JP2005104121A - Game card holder - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a card holder for scan-inputting a plurality of game cards, for use in a competition card game device, into a card reader. <P>SOLUTION: A card sleeve comprises: a rectangle slightly larger than the game card 20; a base part 83 which is brought into continuous contact with the rectangle, wherein a tongue piece part is provided in the longitudinal center of the rectangle, and which is composed of an almost transparent and rigid raw material; and cover part 84 which is as large as the rectangle of the base part, wherein edges of three sides of the rectangle are welded in a bag shape in the state of being opened only in the direction of the tongue piece part of the base part, so as to cover the game card by arranging the game card on the base part, and which is composed of an almost transparent and slippery raw material. In the game card holder 80, the card sleeves are stacked together, and each turnably fastened in an approximately central position 82 of the tongue piece part of the card sleeve. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

The present invention relates to a game card holder for storing a game card used in a game device and inputting data recorded on the game card to the game device.

Playing cards are generally used as playing cards, and in recent years, various playing cards such as trading cards are gaining popularity, especially among adults.
Some trading cards are so-called rare cards, and there are only one or a few of them, which are rare cards.
For this reason, in order to avoid scratches and the like during use, they are handled carefully by placing them one by one in a vinyl case called a card sleeve (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

In addition, when storing cards, a card case that uses a thick material, as a card case that is easy to put in and out, a pedestal sheet and a cover sheet that is attached to the pedestal sheet and forms a pocket on the same sheet And at least one of the pedestal sheet and the cover sheet includes a card case having a window part to which a finger can be inserted and a raised part protruding to the inside of the pocket part (see, for example, Patent Document 2). .

In order to make a plurality of cards such as magnetic cards convenient for carrying, a card holder has been proposed in which a plurality of cards are put into a card holder one by one and a plurality of card holders are opened in a fan shape (for example, patents). (Ref. 3, 4).

In recent years, a system that allows trading cards and game machines to be combined has appeared.
This is a game card used in a game system using a game card, and a plurality of game cards are used to play a card game using each card. For each card on which a graphic of a different character is drawn and at least an identification code of the character and personality expression data for expressing the individuality of the character are recorded in a geometrically readable manner, and the individuality expression data Is a game card that is read by the external information reading means and used in a game by the game machine (for example, Patent Document 6).

Against this background, the applicant of the present application has announced a game device for playing by inputting a card using a game card based on the theme of a beetle battle. In this game machine, the beetle is projected on a display monitor by computer graphics technology, and the beetle is displayed as a moving image from all angles.
The content of the game is a card fighting game where beetles fight each other, combining musi cards and work cards, inputting these cards from the card reader provided in the game device, and fighting with the Janken method, just like the real thing The world's beetles that have been recreated and their special moves are the best part.
On the other hand, you can use up to three cards, one at a time, one at a time, one at a time, and one with a name of a professional wrestling that you can't think of as a worm. It is popular among boys.

  The card used in this game machine has the same pattern on the back as in the case of a trading card, and has a pattern specific to the card only on the front, and barcodes are printed on the left and right sides of the front and back of the card.

JP 2002-62807 A (3rd page, FIG. 1) JP 2000-325128 A (page 3, FIG. 1) JP 2002-362079 A (page 3, FIG. 1) Japanese Patent No. 3084019 (5th page, FIG. 1) JP 2001-334012 (page 14, FIG. 2)

  In the game device for beetle battle developed by the applicant of the present application, when two players play a game, the player must have one Musi card and a purpose card 3 so as to be the strongest combination among the cards they have in advance. Prepare a total of four cards and scan the cards with a card reader, but if you see which card you want to input to your opponent, you may be aware of your hands.

Four sets of cards to be entered to make the strongest combination are determined in advance, and there is a need for a card holder that can be input quickly without the opponent's understanding of the hand at the time of scanning and without hurting the card. The applicant has made various trials and errors.

For example, in the card sleeve of Patent Document 1, the material is usually thin, and the card sleeve is damaged while being scanned many times by the card reader.
In the card case of Patent Document 2, a thick material is used although the material is unknown. For example, if it is made of hard plastic, there is a risk of cracking at the time of scanning. Above all, if it is made of hard plastic, the margin of the folded portion is large. In other words, it may be unscanned because it is detached from the reading sensor of the card reader during scanning.

In Patent Document 3, when the card is scanned, the rotation fulcrum of the card holder is in the corner, so the card holder must be inverted depending on the left and right positions of the card reader. In this way, the same operability with the opponent It is difficult to use.
In Patent Document 4, the card insertion slot of the card case is on the opposite side of the hinge, and if each card case is rotated, the card may come out. Above all, in this configuration, since the card case is rotating in the card holder, the card case cannot be completely slid and scanned.

The applicant of the present application has decided to proceed with the development of a game card holder that scans a set of four cards to be uniquely applied to the game device of the present application, in consideration of the above-described problems of the prior art.
As the condition, an existing product is used as the card reader, so it is necessary to use a card holder that meets the specifications of the card reader. In particular, when the card inserted in the card sleeve is read by the card reader, if the margin of the card sleeve does not fall within the allowable range, it will be disengaged from the reading sensor of the card reader. There was a need.

In addition, it is necessary to prevent damage to the card holder as well as the card when inserting and removing the card and scanning the card.
Furthermore, it is necessary to avoid the advantages and disadvantages when scanning cards with opponents.
In order to prevent the opponent from seeing the card when scanning the card, the material is required to be strong so that the entire card holder does not bend.
Further, when the card sleeve is scanned by the card reader, it is necessary to keep the operability at the time of scanning by sliding smoothly.
The present application was invented for the purpose of solving the various problems described above.

In order to achieve the above object, the present application provides a card sleeve for storing a substantially rectangular game card one by one from the longitudinal direction, a rectangular shape having a slightly larger shape than the game card, and the rectangular shape connected to the rectangular shape. A pedestal portion made of a substantially transparent and strong material provided with a tongue piece at the center in the longitudinal direction, and the same size as the rectangle of the pedestal portion for placing the game card on the pedestal portion and covering the game card Now, the card sleeve is composed of a cover portion made of a substantially transparent and slippery material that is opened only in the direction of the tongue piece portion of the pedestal portion and welded to the edges of the three sides of the rectangle in a bag shape,
A plurality of the card sleeves are overlapped to form a game card holder in which each card sleeve is rotatably fixed at a substantially central position of the tongue piece portion of the card sleeve.

This makes it possible to scan a card that is not scanned when scanning the card with the card sleeve rotated upward, and the card sleeve is strong at that time, so there is no bending and showing the card to the opponent It is.
Further, since a slippery material is used as the material of the cover portion of the card sleeve, slipping during scanning is ensured.

Furthermore, in order to achieve the above object in the present invention, in the above, in claim 1, the tongue piece portion of the card sleeve has a substantially trapezoidal shape provided to be connected with the rectangular short side of the pedestal portion as the bottom side, The left and right vertices on the upper side of the substantially trapezoid form a play card holder that does not contact the rectangle of the card sleeve that overlaps when the card sleeve is rotated.
As a result, when the card sleeve is rotated, the tongue portions of the card sleeve overlap and do not touch the game card accommodated in the card sleeve, so that it is not caught on the game card and the game card is not damaged. The card sleeve can be smoothly rotated.

Furthermore, in the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, in the card holder described above, a game card holder in which the base portion of the card sleeve and the welded portion of the cover portion are welded in a dotted line shape along a rectangular side in order to reduce the margin. It is as.
Thus, when the card reader slides and scans the card reader, it is possible to input the game card without removing it from the card reader reading sensor by simply lifting the card from the bottom surface of the card reader slide groove. It is.

Furthermore, in the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, in the card holder described above, the card sleeve cover portion is held along the rectangle of the pedestal portion when the game card is stored. It is a game card holder in which a small groove in the shape of a marking line is provided on the surface of the cover body in parallel with the welded portion at a slightly inner position.
As a result, the game card stored in the card sleeve is pressed against the edge of the card evenly and obliquely against the edge of the card with the cover from the marking line to the welded part. Is prevented from entering the card sleeve at an angle and is accurately placed on the card sleeve, so the same conditions can be used even when scanning with either side of both long sides of the card sleeve contacting the bottom of the card reader during scanning. Can be scanned and read accurately.

  The game card holder of the present invention uses the card reader in the center between the opponents against the game device to scan the card on hand and input the contents of the card with the front side of the card as the opponent. Multiple cards can be scanned so that they are not shown, and multiple card sleeves are closed together, making it very convenient to play against the opponent with a single card holder and protecting the card itself it can.

  Hereinafter, the game card holder according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the examples shown in the drawings, in conjunction with the game device.

FIG. 1 shows an example of a game apparatus capable of card input. FIG. 1A is a front view, and FIG. 1B is a side view.
The game apparatus 1 is provided with an operation console 2 projecting in front of the center of a vertical casing having a height of about 130 cm, and a card reader 3 is attached to the center of the operation console 2 so that the card can be scanned in the vertical direction. . Three input buttons 4 are provided on the operation desks on the left and right sides of the card reader 3. On the upper side of the console 2, a display monitor 5 is attached to the housing in the front direction and covered with a monitor cover. A card outlet 6 is provided in the center of the lower part of the housing so that game cards can be paid out from the card vendor 7 in the housing. There is a coin selector 8 on the lower left side of the console 2 and a cash box 9 on the left side of the card outlet 6. Furthermore, there is a speaker 10 at the lower right of the console, and various sound effects during the game are output.

The game card according to the present embodiment will be described. This game card is a card of 88 mm in length and 63 mm in width called a playing card size. Both cards are made of thick paper.
There are two types of cards that the game device 1 pays out to the card removal slot 6 at the time of playing, a “musi card” that represents the type of the worm and a “work card” that represents the technique that the worm will issue regardless of the type of the worm. There is.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a bug card, which is a beetle card.
FIG. 2 (A) is the surface of the worm card. The four long sides on both long sides of the back and front of the worm card 20 are printed with the same barcode 21 unique to the card, and the worm code is recorded. This barcode arrangement is printed such that when the long side is attached to the floor, the barcode arrangement is the same on either side when viewed from one side and pulled toward the front side. An insect picture 22 is drawn in the center of the card, and the name 23 of the bug and explanation of the bug are made.

On the upper side of the card, it is described that this card is a worm card, and on the upper left side there is a picture of either goo, choki or par, representing the deadly action 24 of that insect. This shows a particularly aggressive work of striking, pinching and throwing. Further, as the battle data 25, the physical strength of the worm, the attack power of each work, and the data of the technique are described. Furthermore, the Super Special Move 26 is described, and the strength 27 of the worm is indicated by a numerical value in the lower right.
A compatibility chart 28 is arranged along the short side of the lower side of the card. Six small squares are arranged, and one of the small squares is colored.
FIG. 2B shows the back surface, and all the worm cards have the same pattern except for the contents of the bar of the barcode 21. The content is a description of the surface.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a work card. FIG. 3A shows the surface of the card. The purpose card 30 is printed with the same bar code 31 unique to the card on the four long sides on both long sides of the front and back, like the musi card. This barcode arrangement is printed such that when the long side is attached to the floor, the barcode arrangement is the same on either side when viewed from one side and pulled toward the front side.
In the center of the card, a picture 32 showing a bug's work is drawn, and the name 33 of the work and an explanation of the work are made.

  On the upper side of the card, it is described that this card is a purpose card, and on the upper left side, there is a picture of either goo, choki or par, indicating the type of the purpose 34. This is a blow for goo, a pinch for choki, and a throw for par. In addition, the way data 35 describes how to put out the purpose, destructive power, and effectiveness. Further below, technique data 36 is described, the condition of the technique necessary for producing the work is described, and the technique value 37 is described in the lower right.

  Six small squares are arranged as a compatibility chart 38 along the short side of the lower side of the card, and double circles, circles, and triangles are described in each small square. This compatibility chart 38 is overlapped with the musci card compatibility chart 28 so that the compatibility with the mash card can be understood. In other words, it is easy to see that the compatibility is good in the order of double circle, circle, triangle, depending on where the small square with the color of Musi Card compatibility chart 28 comes to. is there.

  FIG. 3B shows the back side of the work card, and all the work cards have the same pattern except for the contents of the bar of the barcode 31. The content is a description of the surface.

  To play a game, when a coin is inserted into the coin selector 9 of the game apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1, one card is paid out from the card payout slot 7, the screen of the display monitor 5 is switched from the advertisement screen, and the game selection screen is displayed. Become. In this selection screen, the player is guided to select one player or two players, and the player presses one of the left and right input buttons 4 of the card reader 3 to select one.

  There are two types of games for one and two players. For one player, the game is played between the player and the computer, and for two players, the two players face each other on the game device and face each other in a janken manner. become. In any game, beetles are defeated by fighting beetle characters and losing the opponent's insect's physical strength within the time limit. Because fighting is different in each of the attack powers of Goo, Choki and Par, the reading of Janken decides the victory or defeat.

FIG. 4 is a schematic front view of the game device when the card is input. Screen 40 prompts for card input.
The game apparatus 1 is configured such that a card held by a player is scanned by a card reader 3 at the time of a game so that the bugs and works described on the card can be used in a game. On the screen, a guide display 41 (scan your worm card. It's a green card) is displayed on the screen so that the player can scan the worm card.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state where the card is scanned. The player holds the card 20 in his hand and pulls the card diagonally sideways from the front side of the card reader 3 and pulls the card to the front lower side to scan the card. Of course, you may scan from the near side to the opposite side.
The number of cards that can be used at one time is one “Mushi Card 20” and three “Work Cards 30”. The player causes the card reader 3 to sequentially scan these cards 20 and 30 and input them to the game apparatus 1. The strength of the insects changes depending on how the two cards 20 and 30 are combined.
When fighting with two people, the first player scans the musi card, the work card, the next player enters the musi card, the work card, and then the introduction screen that introduces each other's hands, each other's musi, and Introduce each work and get to know each other's hands.

FIG. 6 is a schematic front view of the game device during a battle.
One of the input buttons 4 of goo, choki, and par on the console of the game device 1 is pressed to make a jump. If you win against an opponent with a janken, you can attack the opponent's insects and defeat the opponent's physical strength.
All the bugs have a particularly aggressive attack among the “blow”, “scissors”, and “nage” rumors, which is a killer kill.

  On the screen 40, a picture of a bug 43 and a physical strength meter 44 for that bug are displayed respectively. At the bottom of the screen, the size 45 of the attack power (blow, pinch, throw) of each bug is displayed on the screen as the size of three circles arranged corresponding to the three arrangements of push buttons. . Here, the attack power is determined by the compatibility between the card that has entered the card and the purpose card.

  The attack power magnitude display 45 shows the attack power against the opponent when one of the actions of goo (blow), choki (squeeze), or par (throw) is selected. It depends on the strength of the bug. If the purpose is determined, it indicates that the physical strength meter 44 of the opponent's worm is deprived of physical strength by the attack power.

  FIG. 7 shows a magnitude display of the attack power displayed on the screen. Here, the circle of choki is large, and in this case, if you win the scissors and win the janken, the deadly work will be decided and it will indicate that you will do great damage to the opponent.

On the screen, the opponent's attack strength 45 is displayed at the same time. Compare the opponent's attack power with your own attack power. Press to decide. That is, here, the input button 4 of any one of goo, choki, and par is pressed so that the opponent does not understand. If you win the opponent with janken here, you can make the attack you entered.
In the case of losing, the attack power corresponding to the opponent's attack power is drawn from his / her physical strength meter 44, and janken is repeated several times. When the physical strength meter 44 becomes zero, the player loses. It ’s important to have a bargaining game to see what your opponent is doing.

Depending on the combination of the musi card and the work card entered by the opponent, there is a combination of cards that will defeat it even if the opponent is strong, so that the card entered to the opponent will not be understood until the battle starts It is important. In particular, if the side that inputs first determines which worm card the input side inputs first, it becomes possible for the side that inputs later to input a worm card that has a special killer to counter it, which is advantageous It is.
Therefore, when two players are competing, it is necessary to scan the cards so that the opponent, especially those who input later, do not realize which card has been input.

FIG. 8 shows an example of the control block of the game machine. The control circuit 50 includes a CPU 51, a program memory 52, a data memory 53 (RAM or flash memory), an input interface 54, a display circuit unit 55, a sound circuit unit 56, and an output interface 57.
The card reader 3 reads the bar code of the game card 20 scanned by the player and supplies it to the input interface 54, and the information is stored in the data memory 53.

  Based on this information, the CPU 51 proceeds with the game in accordance with the program stored in the program memory 52, and selects a beetle character corresponding to the card scanned by the card reader 3 from a plurality of beetle characters recorded in the memory program 52 in advance. This is selected, sent to the display circuit unit 55, and output to the display monitor 5 as an image.

The operation signals for goo, choki and par from the push button 4 are supplied to the input interface 54, and these operation signals are temporarily stored in the data memory 53.
A predetermined memory address of the data memory 53 is set with a work area (not shown) for temporarily storing various game parameters and buffering player input data.

  For example, janken type selection information, attack option setting information, a variable parameter value indicating the amount of damage caused by bugs, and the like are written as player input data. The CPU 51 makes a judgment of junk based on these pieces of information, calculates damage, and sends generation signals to the display circuit unit 55 and the sound circuit unit 56 based on data registered in advance in the program memory 52. Output signals are output to the display monitor 5 and the speaker 10, respectively. Thus, the monitor display 5 displays a battle scene as a moving image and advances the game while changing the level of the physical strength meter 44.

FIG. 9 shows a game card holder of the present application. FIG. 10 shows a state where the card is stored in the card holder. Further, FIG. 11 shows a state in which the second card is stored in the card holder.
The game card holder 80 is composed of a set of four card sleeves 81 and is rotatably held by a grommet 82 at the upper center of each card sleeve 81.
The card sleeve 81 includes a pedestal portion 83 and a cover portion 84. The cover portion 84 is formed in a bag shape on the pedestal portion 83 so that a play card (musi card 20 or work card 30) can be stored.

  The pedestal portion 83 can store a rectangular game card one by one from the longitudinal direction, and has a rectangular shape slightly larger than the gaming card and a trapezoid connected to the rectangle in the longitudinal center of the rectangle. The tongue piece is integrated. The cover portion 84 has the same size as the rectangle of the pedestal portion that covers the play card by placing the game card on the pedestal portion 83, and opens only in the tongue piece direction of the pedestal portion to form a bag shape. It is the cover part 84 which welded the edge of three sides of the said rectangle.

The pedestal portion 83 is made of polypropylene having substantially transparency, which is a firm material having a rectangle including the size of the card and a trapezoidal shape as a tongue piece on the upper side.
The cover portion 84 is made of vinyl chloride, which is a transparent material that is slippery to some extent. The upper side of the rectangle that covers the game card has a V-shaped open portion 85 that opens in a gentle valley shape, and further extends from the center to the bottom of the rectangle. A hole 86 is provided. The long hole 86 is adapted to push out the card by applying a finger when taking out the stored card.

FIG. 12 shows a partially enlarged view of the card sleeve.
The left and right sides and the lower side of the cover portion 84 are welded portions 87 that are heat-bonded along dotted lines along the sides of the pedestal portion 83. In the V-shaped opening portion 85, the welding portion 87 is surely hooked on the end 84 a of the cover portion 84. As a result, the cover portion 84 is not easily peeled off from the pedestal portion 83.
Here, the welded portion 87 is usually bonded with a horizontal perforation (caterpillar shape) in order to maintain the strength, but by using a vertical perforation (dotted line shape), the width of the margin of the welded portion 87 is narrowed. Has succeeded.

FIG. 13 is a plan view in which each card sleeve is rotated by eyelets.
A set of four card holders must be selected by rotating the card sleeves one by one when each card sleeve is scanned by the card reader of the game machine. The cover is prevented from peeling off due to friction with the

FIGS. 13A to 13D show a state in which the upper card sleeve 81a is rotated counterclockwise in order to insert the card into the second card sleeve 81b from the top.
FIG. 13A shows a state in which the upper card sleeve 81a is rotated counterclockwise by about 45 degrees. In this state, the upper trapezoid left oblique side 83a of the upper card sleeve pedestal 83 slides at the position indicated by the white arrow without being caught by the oblique side 85a of the V-shaped opening of the lower card sleeve cover. can do.

In FIG. 13B, the upper card sleeve 81a is in a horizontal state, and in this case as well, the trapezoidal left oblique line 83a of the pedestal of the upper card sleeve 81a is the lower side as shown by the white arrow in the same manner as in FIG. It slides without being caught with respect to the right oblique side 85a of the V-shaped opening portion.
Further, in FIG. 15C, the upper card sleeve 81a is rotated about 120 degrees. In this state, as indicated by the white arrow, the trapezoidal left oblique side 83a of the pedestal part of the upper card sleeve exceeds the right end 85b of the V-shaped opening part of the cover part of the lower card sleeve. The minimum rotation angle allows the card 20 to be inserted into the card sleeve 81b.
Next, in FIG. 13D, the upper card sleeve 81a is rotated by about 150 degrees. When this state is reached, the card can be easily stored in the lower card sleeve 81b.

Next, the case of reverse rotation from the state shown in (D) to the state (A) will be described. In the state of (C), the upper right apex 83b of the trapezoid of the pedestal part of the upper card sleeve is rotated at a distance Lb that does not hang over the upper side 20a of the stored card. Further, even if the upper card sleeve pedestal portion 83 comes into contact with the end surface 87b of the right side welded portion of the lower card sleeve cover portion, the end surface 87b is securely welded, so the V-shaped opening 85 is turned up. There is nothing.
Further, even if the upper card sleeve 81a is rotated clockwise in the state of (B), the trapezoid left oblique side 83a of the pedestal portion of the upper card sleeve is replaced with the right oblique side 85a of the V-shaped opening portion of the lower card sleeve. It slides and rotates and does not get caught in the upper part 20a of the stored card. This state is the same even when the state (A) is reached.

  FIG. 14 shows the continuous rotation of the upper card sleeve. It can be seen from this figure that the distance La from the position of the eyelet 82 to the end 87a of the welded portion 87 of the V-shaped opening of the lower card sleeve is always slidingly rotated on the outside of the V-shaped opening 85. (Indicated by a dotted circle), the V-shaped opening 85 rotates smoothly without being dug and caught during rotation. Further, as shown in FIG. 13 (d), the distance Lb from the eyelet 82 to the trapezoidal apex of the pedestal is shorter than the distance Lc from the eyelet 82 to the upper side of the stored card. Thus, the top of the trapezoidal portion can be smoothly slid and rotated without being caught on the card 20 in which it is stored.

In the above description, the upper side of the pedestal portion of the card sleeve is described as a trapezoidal shape. However, if the above-mentioned conditions are satisfied when the card sleeve is rotated, the tongue piece portion on the upper side of the pedestal portion of the card sleeve is a base. The shape may be in a range from a substantially semicircular shape to a triangular shape.
The V-shaped opening 85 of the cover portion is convenient for pulling out the stored card. However, since it can be handled by pushing out the slot 86, the horizontal side of the card does not need to be exposed. However, there is no problem.

FIG. 15 shows a cross-sectional view of the card sleeve. FIG. 15A is a cross-section before inserting a card, and FIG. 17B is an enlarged cross-sectional view of an end portion in a state where a card is inserted.
As shown in FIG. 12, a marking line 88 is provided on the surface of the cover portion 84 on the inner side of the outer edge of the card in parallel with the welded portion, as shown in FIG. On the other hand, a small groove is provided.

  When the card is inserted into the card sleeve as shown in FIG. 15 (B), the cover portion 84 is separated from the pedestal portion 83 due to the thickness of the card 20, and in this case, a small groove by the marking line 88 opens outward, The edge 20 a of the card is pressed by the edge 84 b of the cover part between the marking line and the welding part 87. Since the marking line 88 is on the lower left and right sides of the cover portion 84, the card can be fixed at a fixed position, and the storage position of the card 20 in the card sleeve is not biased left and right, and the card is not inclined. It works to fix the card in the center of the sleeve.

  As a result, the edge 84b of the cover 84 from the marking line to the welded portion becomes a band-like shape and presses against the game card 20 stored in the card sleeve 81 evenly and obliquely against the edge 20a of the card. Therefore, the game card 20 is prevented from entering the card sleeve 81 at an angle, and is accurately placed on the card sleeve 81, so that either side of both long sides of the card sleeve abuts against the bottom surface of the card reader during scanning. Can be scanned under the same conditions and read accurately.

  Further, when the card is stored, since the marking line 88 is on the surface of the cover portion 84, the entire inside of the marking line 88 of the cover portion is likely to float toward the outside (direction away from the pedestal portion). As shown in FIG. 11, the card can be easily inserted and removed.

The card holder of this application is used with 4 sets of 1 card and 3 special cards, and each player has a favorite combination in advance from a large number of cards on hand. , I don't change the card every time.
Also, when fighting between players, showing the card being entered to the opponent when inputting to the card reader 3 of the game device 1 will tell the opponent in advance of his hand. It is always necessary to scan the opponent while showing the back of the card. Even if the scanning order is later, it is not preferable to inform the opponent what to input because it will give the opponent time to think about countermeasures.

Therefore, in the card holder, the card surface is aligned and stored, and on the right side of the game device, when the surface of the card holder card is scanned on the right side, the opponent cannot see the surface of the card, or in the left seat, When the card holder is scanned with the card surface on the left side, the opponent cannot see the card surface. In this case, the left and right sides of the card holder are reversed. Even in this case, the card eyelet is in the center of the tongue piece of the card holder. is there.

  FIG. 16 shows a state in which a card placed in the card holder is scanned. In this case, one card to be scanned and the other three cards are selected, and the selected card sleeve and the other three card sleeves are rotated by the eyelet 82 so as to be at a substantially right angle position. Move the other card sleeve to a position where it does not get in the way of scanning, hold the trapezoidal part of the pedestal, and scan the card sleeve of the selected card through the card reader. At this time, it is important to have a card holder so that the opponent cannot see the surface of the card.

  Therefore, when inputting the card on the interpersonal line, the left player who inputs first scans the card reader 3 with the back side facing away so that the opponent on the right side does not show the front side of the input card. Similarly, the player on the left side scans the card reader 3 with the back side facing left so that it cannot be seen by the opponent on the right side.

FIG. 17 shows three views of the card reader body. FIG. 17A is a plan view of the card reader body, FIG. 17B is a front view, and FIG. 17C is a side view.
In the card reader main body 60, a card passage groove 61 for passing a card is provided at a certain depth, penetrates through each end face 62, and a signal can be sent to the outside by a cable 63. The groove width of the card passage groove 61 is wider toward both end faces 62, and the card can be easily inserted from either side.

  The barcode of the card can be read by sliding the card side piece upright on the bottom surface 64 of the card passage groove 61 and sliding it as it is. At this time, the card touches the bottom face 64 of the card passage groove and scans in the correct posture, but since the card is slid by holding it by hand, even if the card is slightly tilted during scanning, as shown in each figure, If the inclination in each direction is within the range of alpha, beta, and theta, the specification is acceptable.

  FIG. 18 is a plan view showing an example of the internal structure of the card reader body. The card detection light sensor 66 and the card detection light emitting LED 67 attached to the substrate 65 are paired, and are provided in the vicinity of each end face through which the card passage groove 61 passes through a small hole 61a provided in the card passage groove. It is detected that there is a card in the card passage groove 61. Even if a card is inserted from any end face 62, it can be detected.

  One side wall located in the middle of the card passage groove 61 has an opening 61b. A light emitting lamp 68 and a reading light sensor 69 are provided on the substrate 65 inside the card passage groove. While the card detection optical sensor 66 detects the presence of the card, the card is irradiated into the card passage groove 61 from the opening 61b, and the barcode of the scanned card is irradiated, and the reflected light is read. Input to the optical sensor 69, the bar code data is converted into digital information by an analysis circuit (not shown) of the board 65, and the output signal analyzed by the cable 63 is transmitted to the control circuit on the game device side.

  In the above description, the card detection light sensor 66 and the card detection light projection LED 67 are attached in two pairs, and the reading sensor is operated only while the card is scanned. As a configuration of only the sensor 69, the bar code of the card may be read by allowing the light-emitting lamp 68 to always emit light and to stand by.

FIG. 19 shows a state in which the inner side surface of the card reader and the card sleeve are scanned.
FIG. 20 shows an example of a card specification for the card reader to read the barcode of the card reliably.
The position of the barcode 21 of the card 20 stored in the card sleeve 81 is scanned above the long side position of the card sleeve. At this time, the card detection sensor 67 for detecting that the card has been inserted into the card passage groove 61 needs to react, and the reading sensor 69 for detecting the bar code reads the bar code. There are naturally certain conditions, and the card mounted on the card sleeve needs to satisfy this condition.
In order for the bar code reader to read the bar code of the card correctly, it is necessary that the reflected light of the irradiation light applied to the bar code of the card is reliably input to the reading sensor 69.

  Therefore, it is necessary to control the position of the bar code 21 of the card stored in the card sleeve 81 within a range that can be read by the bar code reader. In this application, the distance from the long side position of the card sleeve is determined as the welded portion 87 of the card sleeve. By making it a dotted line along the long side, it has succeeded in reigning in this range. Of course, the thickness of the card sleeve needs to be within the specification of the width of the card passage groove. The reflectance of the light irradiated to the bar code is also deteriorated by the material of the card sleeve, which causes a reduction in resolution. The material used in the present application is within the range of this specification, and the barcode can be read without any problem even if the card accommodated in the card sleeve is scanned.

In the above description, polypropylene is used as the base portion of the card sleeve, and vinyl chloride is used as the cover portion. The reason for making these materials different is as follows.
For example, if both are made of vinyl chloride, the strength is weak and there is no tension, so when you scan the card you may bend and the opponent may see the contents of other cards carelessly is there.

Also, if both materials are made of polypropylene, the strength will be too strong and it will be difficult to insert and remove cards.
In addition, if you use thick vinyl material as both materials, you can clear the transparency, and you can also make the welded part in a line shape at the time of bonding and narrow the width of the margin, but scan with a card reader In this case, when the hard resin wall of the card passage groove of the card reader is slid, the vinyl is viscous and cannot be scanned quickly, resulting in a problem in operability.

  Therefore, in the above description, when the card is rotated and scanned, the base of the card sleeve is bent so that the card cannot be seen by the other party, but the base portion is made of polypropylene of a strong material. Of course, any material other than this material can be used as long as it has the same effect, that is, strength of the waist and a certain degree of transparency. Furthermore, since the cover is slid when scanning, vinyl chloride is adopted as a material that is somewhat slippery, but other materials can be used as long as they have the same slipperiness and a certain degree of transparency. It is.

  Since a plurality of card holders are bound, it is convenient to carry bank cards, magnetic cards, JR watermelons, etc. in addition to game cards. In particular, a non-contact type card such as a JR watermelon can be applied to various applications without the need to remove it from the card sleeve.

It is an example of the game device which can input a card | curd. It is an example of a Musi card. It is an example of a work card. It is a front view at the time of card input of the game device. It is a perspective view which shows the state which is scanning the card | curd. It is a front schematic diagram at the time of a battle in an amusement device. It is a magnitude display of the attack power displayed on the screen. It is a control block diagram of the game device using this game card. This is a game card holder of the present application. The card is stored in the card holder. It is a figure which shows the state which accommodates the 2nd card | curd in a card sleeve. It is a partially enlarged view of a card sleeve. It is the top view which rotated the upper card sleeve with eyelets. It is a figure which shows the continuous rotation state of an upper card sleeve. It is a horizontal-vertical sectional view of a card sleeve. It is a figure which shows the state which scans the card | curd put into the card holder. It is a three-view figure of a card reader main body. It is a top view which shows an example of the internal structure of a card reader main body. It is a figure which shows the state which scans the internal side surface and card sleeve of a card reader. It is a figure which shows an example of the specification of the card | curd for a card reader to read the barcode of a card | curd reliably.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Game device 20 ... Musi card 30 ... Work card 40 ... Screen 50 ... Control circuit 60 ... Card reader main body 80 ... Game card holder 81 ... Card sleeve 82 ... Eyelet 83 ... Base part 84 ... Cover part 85 ... V hour opening part 86 ... Elongated hole 87 ... Adhesive part 88 ... Marking wire

Claims (4)

A card sleeve for storing a substantially rectangular game card one by one from the longitudinal direction, a rectangle having a slightly larger shape than the game card, and a tongue piece provided in the longitudinal center of the rectangle connected to the rectangle. A pedestal portion made of a transparent and strong material, and a direction of the tongue piece portion of the pedestal portion having the same size as the rectangle of the pedestal portion in order to cover the play card by placing the play card on the pedestal portion The card sleeve is composed of a cover portion made of a substantially transparent and slippery material that is open and welded to the edges of the three sides of the rectangle in a bag shape,
A game card holder, wherein a plurality of the card sleeves are overlapped and each card sleeve is rotatably fixed at a substantially central position of the tongue piece portion of the card sleeve.   In claim 1, the tongue piece portion of the card sleeve has a substantially trapezoidal shape provided with the rectangular short side of the pedestal portion connected to the bottom, and the left and right vertices on the upper side of the substantially trapezoid shape rotate the card sleeve. A game card holder characterized by not touching the rectangle of card sleeves that overlap. 2. The game card holder according to claim 1, wherein the base portion of the card sleeve and the welded portion of the cover portion are welded in a dotted line shape along a rectangular side in order to reduce a margin. 2. The cover portion of the card sleeve according to claim 1, wherein the cover portion of the card sleeve is slightly inside the outer shape of the game card so as to be held along the rectangle of the pedestal portion when the game card is stored, In parallel with the welded part,
A game card holder characterized by that.

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